An important duel in the bottom section of the Vysshaya Liga, with both Minsk and Slavia experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 11th and the visitors in 12th place.
Minsk and Slavia should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Slavia have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 4-4-3 (win-draw-loss) from eleven matches.
Relegation threatens Minsk who should definitely be looking for some points here.
Minsk form and stats
6 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Minsk have to build on here at Stadyen Traktar in the Vysshaya Liga. There’s a good atmosphere here at Stadyen Traktar after three straight home wins.
Minsk faced defeat in their previous match, away at Slutsk (1-2). Before that match, a Belarusian Cup win away at Ruh Brest.
Heartbreak for Minsk in their last match as Slutsk's Y. Kozlov scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Minsk have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won four, drawn zero and lost two.
Minsk have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadyen Traktar with 20 goals in 12 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 20 goals have been conceded.
Slavia form and stats
Slavia have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Vysshaya Liga, after 3-3-6 (12 played).
Slavia's previous game was their home loss versus Neman Grodno (0-2). A 1-1 draw at Gorodeya's stadium before that.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Slavia playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were two Slavia wins, two draws and three defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Slavia manager M. Martsinovich as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Neman Grodno.
The visiting Slavia have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 12 games. For Slavia, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Slavia - Minsk 1-3 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Minsk, three draws and three wins for Slavia. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  O. Vasyliev 6 goals | R. Gribovski 6 goals |  M. Slyusar 6 goals |
Minsk missing players
Slavia missing players
| Minsk | Slavia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 9 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 12 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 34 | 20 | 8 | Scored | S | 5 | 17 | 31 |
| 45 | 20 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 27 | 42 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 76% | 75% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 83% |
| 56% | 67% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 67% | 61% |
| 36% | 33% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 50% | 43% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 42% | 26% |
| 52% | 58% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 74% |
| 12% | 17% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 36% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 261 | 139 | 49 | Total Shots | T S | 35 | 131 | 218 |
| 110 | 64 | 20 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 49 | 83 |
| 31% | 31% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 35% | 37% |
- Minsk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Minsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Slavia have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Slavia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Slavia haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | BATE | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 56 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 26 | 50 |
| 2 | Neman Grodno | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 47 |
| 3 | Shakhtyor | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 43 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 28 | 46 |
| 4 | Torpedo BelAZ | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 43 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 44 |
| 5 | Isloch | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 41 | 37 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 4 | 43 |
| 6 | Dinamo Minsk | 26 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 31 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 42 |
| 7 | Dinamo Brest | 24 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 48 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 41 |
| 8 | Ruh Brest | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 48 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 16 | 39 |
| 9 | Ynergetyk-BDU | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -2 | 35 |
| 10 | Vitebsk | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -5 | 34 |
| 11 | Minsk | 25 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 34 | 45 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -11 | 31 |
| 12 | Slavia | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 42 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 27 | -11 | 28 |
| 13 | Gorodeya | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 42 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 22 | -20 | 24 |
| 14 | Slutsk | 24 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 27 | 46 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 27 | -19 | 24 |
| 15 | Belshina | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 27 | 45 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -18 | 20 |
| 16 | Smolevichy-STI | 26 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 26 | 61 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 27 | -35 | 14 |